[Lance flinches at the tone, though fortunately it isn't possible to see since they're using audio; he also realizes quickly that Henry doesn't seem angry at him directly, just worried about Maketh, and he can understand that.

He's quiet while Henry continues, listening, and begins to wonder if maybe he's overreacting? Maketh didn't lie; she didn't actually hurt him, so--

No, he's not making the mistake of getting into that sort of thinking. Whether or not she caused physical harm doesn't excuse what she did do, and he has every reason to be unsettled by it even in isolation, let alone as an indicator to a pattern that could escalate. He's a psychologist, and he knows better.

Again he's silent a few seconds more before he decides how to respond, and although his voice is quiet it's steady and certain.]

She threw a knife at me. Unless I can be reasonably sure that won't happen again the next time she doesn't like what I'm telling her, I can't take the risk.

[He'll give her a chance to try to prove that instead of immediately cutting her off now, but this is something he can't negotiate on.]